Research Article
Performance of Epidemic Preparedness and Response Committees to Disease Outbreaks in Arua District, West Nile Region
Table 4
Demographic factors of the EPPRCS in preparedness and response to disease outbreaks.
| | Variable | Number (%) | High performance | Low performance | χ2 | value |
| | Sex | | Male | 82 (79.6) | 33 (86.8) | 49 (75.38) | 1.940 | 0.062 | | Female | 21 (20.4) | 5 (13.2) | 16 (24.62) | | |
| | Age | | 20–35 years | 45 (44.1) | 22 (59.5) | 23 (35.4) | 5.561 | 0.062 | | 36–50 years | 50 (49.0) | 13 (35.1) | 37 (56.9) | | | | 55–70 years | 7 (6.9) | 2 (5.4) | 5 (7.7) | | |
| | Duration as member | | <2 years | 24 (24.0) | 5 (13.9) | 19 (29.7) | 13.78 | 0.001 | | 2–5 years | 48 (48.0) | 13 (36.1) | 35 (54.7) | | | | >5 years | 28 (28.0) | 18 (50.0) | 10 (15.6) | | |
| | Cadre | | Political leader | 37 (35.9) | 12 (31.6) | 25 (38.46) | 12.538 | 0.005 | | Health worker | 35 (34.0) | 7 (18.4) | 28 (73.1) | | | | Environmentalist | 23 (22.3) | 14 (36.8) | 9 (13.9) | | | | Others | 8 (7.7) | 5 (13.2) | 3 (4.6) | | |
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value < 0.05 is statistically significant. |
